Quisling, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson

Quisling, Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson ( 1887 – 1945 )
Norwegian fascist leader. An army officer, he founded the fascist Nasjonal Samling (National Unity) Party, and in 1940 helped Hitler to prepare the conquest of Norway. He became head of a new pro-German government and was made Premier in 1942 . He remained in power until 1945 , when he was arrested and executed. By this time ‘Quisling’ had become a derogatory term to describe traitors who supported invaders of their countries.